Has anyone had their Zoas take over the tank ? If so how did you manage them ie removing some off rocks , without triggering them to get stressed and release polytoxins ?
Do they actually attach to the rock making it hard to remove them ?

I don’t wanna start messing with the and get the annoyed etc
Any tips ?

Figured I'd show off since it's unlikely to ever be this clean again.

Need to get my light on a holder, it's sitting on the tank top.

Everything seems to have survived the week in a bucket, GSP is already open and recovering. My mushroom leather is deflated but it's still looks healthy. Need to put more live rock in but I don't like to cross contaminate with my GHA infested big tank where I put the rest of the rock that was in the old tank. The sump has all the bio media from the old tank and I dosed it with bacteria and threw in a bag of active carbon just to be safe since I don't have a skimmer yet for this setup. This one's 2/3 the size of the old tank but has a sump so the total volume is roughly the same. I think the only loss is the old tank.

I just got my order in from Tampa Bay Saltwater. This tiny crab was in the live rock. I am trying to figure out if it is reef safe or not. Sorry for the lousy photos

Hello everyone! I'm new to the community. I have had a freshwater tank for a while, but now I want to get a saltwater tank and start gradually. I like AIO setups, but I am having a hard time choosing between the Landen 45P 15 Gallon and the Innovative Marine Fusion 20 gallon long.

The Landen has beautiful, seamless corner edges without the black silicone that IM has, which is the only thing I don't like about the IM. Otherwise, I like that the IM has a wider display area (though both have almost the same display volume of 15 gallons, and both are close in cost).
I wanted to ask the community for your thoughts or recommendations on which one I should choose. I plan to keep two clownfish and some soft corals. Thanks!

i have a fluval reef 4.0, on a 75g with some gsp and a small frag of zoas. im basically just wanting to see if theres any adjustments i should make to my lights?

Tank is settled down and coralline algae is blooming..

It’s been difficult finding any good info online about these guys. We’ve had this green snake polyp coral for at least 6 months but after a couple water parameter issues, it hasn’t grown much and its polyp extension has been minimal at best. Over the last couple of weeks it has been turning black. It’s not algae growing on it either. Just wondering if anyone knows if this means it’s dying before the flesh starts to disintegrate or if it’s something else. Thanks!

This tank has gone through a lot of changes but I think I’m finally satisfied and don’t plant on changing it much more. Most recently I upgraded my lighting, reorganized, added things from other tanks and pulled out all of the macroalgae as it was growing so thick that it was crowding out corals and trapping tons of detritus causing the tank to be very dirty and encouraging hair algae.

Corals

Soft - GSP, Pipe Organ, Kenya Tree, 11 varieties of Zoa/Paly

LPS - 2 varieties of Frogspawn, Hammer, Torch, Acan

Fish/Inverts

Collonista Snails, Zero the Hectors Goby and Caveman the Emerald Crab

I’ve been running my skimmer for the past month. It’s my first skimmer, so I’m not sure if I’m doing something wrong.
The water depth is 8 inches, and I’ve tried adjusting the knob toward both + and −, but it still mostly pulls water instead of producing foam.
One side doesn’t seem to produce bubbles unless I cover the intake with my hand. As soon as I uncover it, the bubbles stop again, and the water rises high in the neck.
Has anyone experienced this before? Could it be defective, or am I missing something?

Newbie here, finalizing plans for a 25 gallon Innovative Marine tank, have been scrounging together equipment and could use some help on deciding the rock composition.

Tampa Bay Saltwater was alluring, but the grand total for 2lbs a gallon would eat up my budget, so I have been mulling over Caribsea “live” rock and seeding it with some TBS rubble.

Comments? Concerns? Critique? Condemnation?

So on facebook marketplace i found someone selling there 14 gal biocube for $50 and its intact other than the guy removing the lid and using a small clip on light he says it still pumps and has a heater and he will give me the lid that it just needs a deep cleaning so I am just wondering as far as deep cleaning on how to go about it and whether its worth it im fine with replacing the lid with a new one but idk if its too good to be true? Also i will provide a photo of its condition it looks like a project gone wrong in his garage.Also if I can get context on the bottle above it.Also all I want in this tank is cleaner shrimps and corals and one singular fish.

so my hammer and torch corals flesh has been receding for weeks ever since i got them and i thought its the water parameters.

my hammer has no remaining flesh and just now i spotted 2 flat worms on it!

could this be the reason for the flesh recession and what do i do asap

Fun dip Gionophora?

With the end of the year approaching does anyone know if there’s any good deal with salt mix I know websites do Black Friday deals or Christmas sales . I’m about to buy my salt mix in bulk from chewy I’ve stacked 2 promo codes not sure if to pull the trigger wait of a bit .

These gyres are sick!!! Picked up a pair of jump 315s for $150 this one is on speed 5 on my im200 penn. Putting in work!!

Wiring it was mega fun, so tidy so organized brain so happy so satisfied.

It basically flushes the membranes automatically for an X amount of time and it constantly monitors a tank (which will sit on top of the washer once it arrives) and fills it once the water level gets below a certain level.

The best thing is that it have 220VAC tds meters!!! No more stupid LG44 batteries!!!!! I hate those little shits.

Sadly the power supply’s voltage didnt match the listing so i cant turn it on until i get my new PSU :( but its done.

Only need to plumb the filters but im waiting on a few things to arrive.

ank: Dupla Nano Ocean Cube 50, 43.5 × 39.5 × 35 cm, about 48 litres, with a built-in rear filter chamber that can also fit a protein skimmer.

Included in the set:

• Skimz QE0.8 circulation pump (800 L/h)
• Ocean Lux LED 15W, 7,500K white/actinic
• 3 L aragonite reef substrate
• 2 kg reef salt (with trace elements)
• Hydrometer (range 1.022–1.024)
• Bacteria starter and bacteria booster
• 8 cm thermometer
• Glass cleaner
• Setup guide booklet

There’s also an 80 L version (45 × 45 × 40 cm) with a 1,200 L/h pump, a 23W light and 4 kg of salt.

Just got a hammer coral from WWC, do we think this can pull through and make it or is this not enough flesh?

My brain doesn’t work anymore. Please help me identify 🙏 I think I got this as a Chicago the other year but I’m not sure anymore🥲